A Week Ahead Of GMAT Exams by michle ada


A Week Ahead Of GMAT Exams by MICHLE ADA
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A Week Ahead Of GMAT Exams

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Every time a candidate sits for his or her GMAT exams and as the day for the exams approaches near, the most pressing question in his or her mind is – “What should one do as part of the final preparation, a few days before the exam?”
According to me the answer is straightforward – Do not make a great deal of modification in your routine. Follow your routine and the ways suggested previously for effective practice. Most probably, you would be preparing and practicing your course material for few weeks or months by now and you must have covered most of it. Therefore there is not much that you can do in the last few days to increase the outcome of the effort you've already put in.
But I would like to mention here few things that you should contemplate upon:
Concentrate to be a proficient:
Till now you have used all your time in learning and comprehending the content that was new to you. You may have also used this time in brushing up the old content. This may be more true in the case of math where to acquire new skills and polishing the old ones takes time. If you start working on a new topic just a few days before test, then you are actually wasting your precious practice session. For in such a short time you will not become a proficient in it.
So I personally suggest that, just a few days before exams, you must concentrate on mastering the skills rather than acquiring a new one. Many a times, even when a candidate knows a topic quite well, he or she tends to make mistakes while attempting it under the intense pressure of the GMAT exam. Thus this is the time to make yourself proficient in the topics you are confident about, so that you can perform flawlessly under pressure.

Be aware of time:
It is also important that by now you have practiced doing the questions in the allotted time. If not, start doing it right away. For a right question will only matter when done in the required time slot, else it’s as bad as not knowing it correctly. The last week is the perfect time to practice all your sessions keeping the timing in mind. You have to master this skill too.
The last week is also the perfect time to start practicing (if you are not doing it by now) on making intelligent guesses. You have to develop the thought process to choose correctly the questions you can do smoothly without any mistakes and the ones you might be just a bit confused about. You have to train your mind to do some questions and leave others weighing the pros and cons of the question. Start practicing, exactly in the same manner as if you are attempting the questions on the actual exam day. Ask yourself if a difficult question is worth attempting? Are you wasting time in doing it? You have to develop this thought process else it will be difficult for you do it in the actual exam day.

Be Cool:
Many candidates try to elevate their preparation on the last few days though it’s natural it generally increases the pressure resulting in making you feel stressed out. This happens more so when you are preparing for the GMAT exam amidst other important things.
In most probability you have been preparing for the GMAT exam for quite a few weeks now. Therefore what you do on the last few days won’t matter much. Thus it is advisable to spend these precious few days in making sure that whatever you have acquired is perfect rather than learning anything new. Do not stress yours self by setting pressing targets like completing one more practice book.
Remember, be it the first or the last week your aim should be in the ‘quality’ of practice rather than ‘quantity’ of practice. I give this advice to all. And for the last week this should specially be your mantra.
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